Vishnu Som

Kerala Pilots Were Told About Weather, Tailwinds: Aviation Watchdog Chief

India News | Reported by Vishnu Som, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Sunday August 9, 2020

"The ATC had briefed the pilots about the weather condition... the call has to be taken by the commander to go around or to land," Mr Kumar told NDTV in an exclusive interview.

Plane Landed 1 Km Beyond Runway Threshold At High Speed In Kerala Airport

India News | Written by Vishnu Som | Sunday August 9, 2020

The Air India Express Boeing 737-800 aircraft which fell into a gorge at Kozhikode airport had landed more than 1 kilometre down the length of the runway in windy and rainy conditions.

"There Was Fuel...": Civil Aviation Minister On Air India Express Plane Crash

India News | Reported by Vishnu Som, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Saturday August 8, 2020

Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri has said the Air India Express plane, which crashed while attempting to land amid heavy rain on a tabletop runway at Kerala's Kozhikode airport, was carrying enough fuel to attempt a landing elsewhere

Black Box Recovered From Crashed Air India Express Flight In Kerala: 10 Points

India News | Reported by Vishnu Som, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Saturday August 8, 2020

The Air India Express plane that crashed at Kerala's Kozhikode yesterday evening landed 1 km down the length of the runway at the tabletop airport, sources in aviation regulator DGCA told NDTV. It also had fuel to attempt a diversionary landing elsewhere, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said Saturday. Flight IX-1344, carrying 184 people ...

India Rebuffs China, Refuses To Disengage Further Along Pangong Tso

India News | Reported by Vishnu Som, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Thursday August 6, 2020

India has firmly told China that it will not move back any further in the region along Pangong Lake, as military commanders of the two sides continue discussions on disengagement in Eastern Ladakh. In the last meeting, India rebuffed China's demand that its troops vacate a critical post to facilitate further disengagement.

Document Admitting Chinese Intrusions Vanishes From Defence Ministry Site

India News | Reported by Vishnu Som, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Thursday August 6, 2020

China intruded into Indian territory in Eastern Ladakh in early May, the Defence Ministry acknowledged in a document showing on the news section of its website since Tuesday. Two days after it was put up on the Ministry of Defence website, the page is missing.

50 Years Ago, 3 Women Summited A 20,000-Foot Peak. 2 Never Returned

India News | Written by Vishnu Som | Tuesday August 4, 2020

Fifty years ago, three women from Kolkata - Sujaya Guha, Sudipta Sengupta and Kamala Saha - reached the summit of a 20,130-foot peak in the Lahaul region of Himachal Pradesh. This had never been climbed before.

As India, China Hold Fresh Talks, Army Stocks Up On Supplies, Winter Kits

India News | Written by Vishnu Som | Sunday August 2, 2020

India will be keen to ensure a substantive Chinese disengagement from the Fingers region along the banks of the Pangong Lake in Ladakh in the fifth round of Commander-level talks which have begun today.

India, China To Hold Fifth Round Of Commander-Level Talks Today

India News | Reported by Vishnu Som, Edited by Stela Dey | Sunday August 2, 2020

India will focus on "complete disengagement" by China in Ladakh's Finger area in a fresh round of diplomatic talks to scale down tensions along the de facto border, news agency ANI reported today.

3 Assam Rifles Jawans Killed, 5 Injured In Ambush By Militants In Manipur

India News | Reported by Vishnu Som, Ratnadip Choudhury, Edited by Debanish Achom | Thursday July 30, 2020

Three Assam Rifles soldiers laid down their lives for the country in an ambush by militants at a district in Manipur near the border with Myanmar. Five others were injured; they are critical, sources said.

What Makes India's Rafale Fighter Jets So Potent Against China, Pakistan

India News | Reported by Vishnu Som, Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Wednesday July 29, 2020

The ability to strike air-to-air targets from up to 150 km away and safely hit land targets 300 km within enemy territory make India's Rafales some of the deadliest fighter jets flying in the world.

5 Rafales Land In Ambala, Greeted With Special Salute

India News | Reported by Vishnu Som, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Wednesday July 29, 2020

A batch of five Rafale fighter jets touched down to a special water cannon salute at the Ambala air base this afternoon, the first western combat aircraft to join the Indian Air Force 23 years after Sukhoi aircraft were imported.

One For The Road: Air Force Shows Rafales Re-Fuelling Mid-Air On Way Home

India News | Reported by Vishnu Som, Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Tuesday July 28, 2020

In photos posted by the Indian Air Force on Twitter, India's first batch of Rafale fighter jets are seen re-fuelling mid-air from a French Air Force tanker before their scheduled stopover at the Al-Dhafra air base in the United Arab Emirates.

Indian Aviation Demand Likely To Be Subdued In Current Financial Year: Report

Business | Reported by Vishnu Som, Edited by Peter Noronha | Monday July 27, 2020

The aviation industry has achieved a load factor of just around 55 per cent in the first quarter of this financial year despite operating at merely 30 per cent of its usual capacity.

"Beauty And The Beast": First Batch Of Rafales For India Stop Over In UAE

India News | Reported by Vishnu Som, Edited by Shylaja Varma | Monday July 27, 2020

The first batch of five Rafale jets flew out of France today and will arrive in India on Wednesday, July 29, when the fighter jets will officially be inducted and join the Indian Air Force fleet in Haryana's Ambala. The fighter jets, built by French aviation firm Dassault, took off from the Merignac airbase in southern France's Bordeaux today.